The Journal of The Royal Institute of Philosophy

edited by RENFORD BAMBROUGH

Vol49 1974

published by Macmillan Journals Ltd

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OBITUARY: page Professor H. B. Acton 229

ARTICLES

Angluin, D. J. C.—Austin's Mistake about 'Real' 47 Ayers, M. R.—The Nature of Things 401 Bennett, Jonathan—The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn 123 Berki, R. N.—Interests and Moral Ideals 265 Broadie, Alexander and Elizabeth M. Pybus—Kant's Treatment of Animals 375 Conway, David A.—Law, Liberty and Indecency 135 Cooper, D. E.—Memories, Bodies and^Persons 255 Dore, Clement—Do Theodicists Mean What they Say? 357 Frankena, William K.—The 's Attack on Morality 345 Gaskin, J. C.—God, Hume and Natural 281 Hocutt, Max O.—Aristotle's Four Becauses 385 King-Farlow, John—The Positive McTaggart on Time 169 McCloskey, H. J.—Liberalism 13 Mellor, D. H.—Religious and Secular Statements 33 Midgley, Mary—The Game Game 231 Moulder, James—Is Russell's Paradox Genuine? 295 New, Christopher—Saints, Heroes and Utilitarians 179 Pybus, Elizabeth M. and Alexander Broadie—Kant's Treatment of Animals 375 Ryle, Gilbert—Mowgli in Babel 5 Smith, G. W.—The Concepts of the Sceptic: Transcendental Arguments and Other Minds 149 Sorabji, Richard—Body and Soul in Aristotle 63

DISCUSSION

Beattie, J. H. M.—Reason, Commitment and Dr Trigg 435 Becher, R. A.—A Lack of Discipline 205 Bhattacharya, R. D.—Because He is a Man 96 Bronaugh, Richard—The Quality in Pleasures 320

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Shiner, Roger A.—Wittgenstein and4Heraclitus: Two River-Images 191 Wall, Grenville—Locke's Attack on Innate 414

NEW BOOKS

Achinstein, Peter—Concepts of Science (Erik Millstone) 106 Ayer, A. J.—Probability and Evidence (Ian Hacking) 108 Berlin, Isaiah and others—Essays on J. L. Austin (Jane Heal) 219 Dummett, Michael—Frege: Philosophy of Language (Hid6 Ishiguro) 438 Honderich, Ted (Ed.)—Essays on Freedom of Action (A. Phillips Griffiths) 330 James, D. G.—Henry Sidgwick: Science and Faith in Victorian England (Karl Britton) 217 Joynson, R. B.—Psychology and Common Sense (Godfrey Vesey) 449 Lewis, H. D.—The Self and Immortality (H. H. Price) 102 Lindley, Dwight and Francis Mineka (Eds.)—The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 (Karl Britton) 442 McDowell, John (translation and notes by)—Plato: Theaetetus (J. D. G. Evans) 328 MacKinnon, D. M.—The Problem of (Roger Trigg) 325 Mineka, Francis and Dwight Lindley (Eds.) The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 (Karl Britton) 442 Nielsen, Kai—Scepticism (Stuart Brown) 220 Quinton, Antony—Utilitarian (Mary Midgley) 212 Singer, Peter—Democracy and Disobedience (Jenny Teichman) 215 Smart, J. J. C. and Bernard Williams—Utilitarianism: For and Against (Mary Midgley) 212 Teichman, Jenny—The Mind and the Soul (Antony Flew) 326 Trigg, Roger—Reason and Commitment (Patrick Sherry) 447 Williams, Bernard—Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Mary Midgley) 212 Williams, Bernard and J. J. C. Smart—Utilitarianism: For and Against (Mary Midgley) 212

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Editorial: Ex Africa 3 Uri Geller 121 De Finibus 343 Booknotes 111, 222, 334, 451 Books Received 113,223,336,453 Notebook 117, 225, 339, 457 Lecture Programme 1974-75 339, 457 Information for Authors 118, 226, 340, 459

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CONTENTS

page Editorial: Ex Africa 3 Mowgli in Babel — GILBERT RYLE 5 Liberalism — H. J. McCLOSKEY 13 Religious and Secular Statements — D. H. MELLOR 33 Austin's Mistake about 'Real' — D. J. C. ANGLUIN 47 Body and Soul in Aristotle — RICHARD SORABJI 63

Discussion 90

On the Moral Relevance of Sex — SUSAN HAACK Because He Is a Man — RAJLUKSHMEE DEBEE BHATTACHARYA Flew and the Revival of Social Darwinism — O. A. LADIMEJI

New Books 102 Reviews Booknotes Books received

Notebook 117

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